This article on the strategic importance of water in the Middle East includes maps of the region and descriptions of the water sources, and addresses pollution sources, sources of present and past conflicts, and suggestons for solutions. Countries included in the report are Egypt, Suda, Ethiopia, Saudia Arabia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.
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Grade level:
High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

Readers of this journal article can learn about data sent back to Earth by NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft, which indicates the presence of water in the form of ice at the Moon's north and south poles. Materials presented include an estimate of how much water exists, where and in what form it might occur, and what its economic value as a resource for human exploration might be.
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This
article
from
Astrobiology
Magazine
reports
on
the
discovery
of
water
in
"cold"
regions
of
space.
Using
data
from
the
European
Space
Agency's
Infrared
Space
Observatory,
astronomers
have
determined
that
water
is
abundant
in
these
cold,
or
quiescent
regions
of
space
where
there
are
no
stars,
and
that
the
majority
of
it
occurs
as
ice
with
a
small
amount
of
water
vapor.
It
is
thought
that
these
cold
...
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This activity introduces the electromagnetic spectrum. Users stroll through an imaginary amusement park to find out how the universe looks through different types of observing instruments.
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This activity introduces gravitational waves and the NASA technology being developed to detect them in space. It involves building a metaphorical interferometer that demonstrates how the mission (and all interferometry) works.
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This
article
describes
an
indoor,
game-type
demonstration,
incorporating
physics
(EM
wave
modulation),
math
(binary
codes),
space
technology,
and
music
to
show
how
spacecraft
put
information
into
the
radio
signals
they
send
back
to
Earth.
Beat
out
rhythms
on
drums
or
desks
and
send
messages
using
the
same
principles
used
in
space
exploration.
This
article
was
originally
written
for
and
published
by
...
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Gives
simple,
yet
authoritative
answers
to
the
questions
"Why
is
the
sky
blue?"
and
"Why
is
the
sky
black
at
night?"
Combines
technology
with
its
application
to
Earth
science,
astronomy,
and
cosmology,
and
does
so
via
language
arts
and
music!
This
article
was
originally
written
for
and
published
by
the
International
Technology
Education
Association
in
its
journal
'The
Technology
Teacher.'
It
is
now
...
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This
article
provides
students
with
an
overview
of
the
technologies
used
to
study
the
health
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay,
which
is
at
risk
for
eutrophication
from
non-point
source
pollution.
The
article
describes
how
data
from
research
vessels,
buoys,
and
satellites
allow
scientists
to
monitor
the
growth
of
phytoplankton.
Emerging
technologies
are
discussed,
and
questions
to
guide
student
reading
are
included.
...
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This ChemMatters article provides a brief background on smog, then examines the causes of it, efforts to reduce it, and methods used to measure it. ChemMatters is an educational magazine for high school students.
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Grade level:
High (9-12)

Resource type:
Journal article

Subject:
Atmospheric science, History and philosophy of science, Physics

This
ChemMatters
article
provides
a
history
of
the
study
of
ozone,
a
description
of
an
experimental
simulation
called
"The
World
Avoided,"
a
brief
introduction
to
the
chemistry
of
ozone,
an
explanation
of
how
ozone
is
measured,
and
the
difference
between
"good"
ozone
in
the
stratosphere
vs
"bad"
ozone
in
the
troposhere.
ChemMatters
is
an
educational
magazine
published
by
the
American
Chemical
Society.
...
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